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PROPOSAL REVIEW - RIVERCITIES TRANSIT BUS SHELTERS PURCHASE
COUNCIL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES ADDRESSED:
Preserve and Enhance Neighborhoods
Improve Transportation Systems
Address Quality of Place Issues
CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW: N/A
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Bus shelters throughout Longview and Kelso have been determined to be non-ADA compliant. The City obtained a $120,000 grant from the Washington Department of Transportation Consolidated Grant Program to assist with replacing up to 40 existing shelters with ADA-compliant shelters.
On February 4, 2015, the City issued a Request for Proposals to purchase bus stop shelters with benches. On February 24, 2015, five proposals were received from the following firms:
Handi-Hut; Clifton, NJ
Brasco International; Madison Heights, MI
Tolar Manufacturing Company, INC., Corona, CA
LNI Custom Manufacturing, Hawthorne, CA
Duo-Guard Industries Inc., Canton, MI
Following a review of the proposals, staff recommends purchasing 40 shelters with benches from Handi-Hut at the cost of $191,538.00. Staff will remove existing shelters and assemble and install the new shelters at high volume bus stop locations.
COWLITZ TRANSIT AUTHORITY REVIEW:
The CTA’s Interlocal Agreement with the City of Longview states, “[t]he City of Longview shall provide public transportation services within the area of the Cowlitz Transit Authority in accordance with the Comprehensive Transit Plan of the Cowlitz Transit Authority including, but without limitation, the providing of vehicles, vehicle maintenance, vehicle operation, public liability and property damage insurance, supervision, and all labor and services in connection therewith, all in accordance with said Comprehensive Transit Plan and in accordance with public transportation schedules as determined by the Cowlitz Transit Authority.”
This project has been approved by the Cowlitz Transit Authority (CTA) and is included in the Cowlitz Transit Authority 2015 Budget.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
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